On Jan 8, 8:26 am, "bpnjensen" wrote:
RHF wrote:
Cuhulin - That Is A Great Idea :

A Hazardious Waste Tax on CFLs and Batteries with
The Right-of-Return {Duty-to-Recycle} With-In-the-Store
[ Recycling-at-the-Store - Point-of-Sale-Recycling ]

Hey - It Ought To Be A Law !
- - - Write Your Congressperson -and- State Representatives too.

now that is something to think about ~ RHF
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On Jan 5, 12:55 pm, wrote:
I think that some stores,such as Wal Mart and the like,should let people
bring their old fluoresecent light bulbs/lights to the stores and the
stores could turn in the old bulbs/lights to a collection agency,all at
no charge to the customers.That might keep a lot of mercury out of the
landfills/water tables.Sounds like a good idea to me.
cuhulinThis idea could work very well, I think, but the methods should be
handled carefully. In lieu of that, here in the County in CA where RHF
(sometimes) and I live, there are household hazmat collection centers
for homeowners to bring their hazmat stuff free (including fluorescent
bulbs and batteries, among other things). Admittedly, this forces a
person to make a special trip to the hazmat collection center. Despite
this requirement, the system has worked well so far - Alameda County
is, overall and statistically, one of the more conscientious counties
in CA when it comes to properly disposing of bad stuff and recycling
good stuff.

I'm not sure if a point-of-sale collection center would work *better*
or not (to be fair, every hardware / department / drug / grocery store
that sells them would need to provide the service, which would probably
include collection, separation into types and haul to a *business*
hazmat waste collection center.) This system, as convenient as it
would be for the consumer, would introduce another "middle-man" into
the chain, which would likely insert some new complexity, and
possibility for irresponsibility, to the system.

Bruce Jensen

BpnJ - Most Stores have Daily or Weekly Garbage Pick-Up :
So Integrating Haz-Mat-Recycling at the Point-of-Sale is
one of the most Energy Friendly methods of building on the
current activities of the Consumers and their relationship
with the Stores {Their Suppliers}. ~ RHF